2021–22 Atalanta B.C. season

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Atalanta B.C.
2021–22 season
PresidentAntonio Percassi
Head coachGian Piero Gasperini
StadiumGewiss Stadium
Serie A4th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA Europa LeagueKnockout round play-offs
Top goalscorerLeague:
Duván Zapata (9)
All:
Duván Zapata (12)
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2021–22 season is the 114th season in the existence of Atalanta B.C. and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Atalanta are participating in this season's editions of the Coppa Italia, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

Players[]

As of 31 August 2021[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Argentina ARG Juan Musso
2 DF Italy ITA Rafael Tolói (captain)[3]
3 DF Denmark DEN Joakim Mæhle
6 DF Argentina ARG José Luis Palomino (4th captain)
7 MF Netherlands NED Teun Koopmeiners
8 DF Germany GER Robin Gosens
9 FW Colombia COL Luis Muriel
11 MF Switzerland  SUI Remo Freuler (vice-captain)[3]
13 DF Italy ITA Giuseppe Pezzella (on loan from Parma)
15 MF Netherlands NED Marten de Roon (3rd captain)[3]
18 MF Ukraine UKR Ruslan Malinovskyi
19 DF Albania ALB Berat Djimsiti
28 DF Turkey TUR Merih Demiral (on loan from Juventus)
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 GK Italy ITA Francesco Rossi
32 MF Italy ITA Matteo Pessina
33 DF Netherlands NED Hans Hateboer
42 DF Italy ITA Giorgio Scalvini
57 GK Italy ITA Marco Sportiello
59 MF Russia RUS Aleksei Miranchuk
66 DF Italy ITA Matteo Lovato
72 FW Slovenia SVN Josip Iličić
77 DF Italy ITA Davide Zappacosta
88 MF Croatia CRO Mario Pašalić
91 FW Colombia COL Duván Zapata
99 FW Italy ITA Roberto Piccoli


Transfers[]

In[]

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Notes Source
1 GK Argentina Juan Musso Italy Udinese €20M 2 July 2021 [4]
FW Italy Simone Mazzocchi Italy Südtirol 14 July 2021 Exercised buy-back option [5]
13 DF Italy Giuseppe Pezzella Italy Parma Loan 27 July 2021 Loan with an option to buy [6]
66 DF Italy Matteo Lovato Italy Hellas Verona €8M 31 July 2021 €8M + €3M in bonuses [7]
17 DF Argentina Cristian Romero Italy Juventus €16M 6 August 2021 [8]
28 DF Turkey Merih Demiral Italy Juventus Loan (€3M) 6 August 2021 Loan with an option to buy [9]

Out[]

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Notes Source
DF Brazil Roger Ibañez Italy Roma €8M 4 March 2021 Signed permanently after obligation to buy [10]
FW The Gambia Musa Barrow Italy Bologna €13M 5 July 2021 Signed permanently after obligation to buy [11]
FW Denmark Andreas Cornelius Italy Parma €9M 18 July 2021 Signed permanently after obligation to buy [12]
FW Italy Simone Mazzocchi Italy Ternana Loan 14 July 2021 [13]
95 GK Italy Pierluigi Gollini England Tottenham Hotspur Loan 24 July 2021 Loan with an option to buy [14]
17 DF Argentina Cristian Romero England Tottenham Hotspur Loan 6 August 2021 Loan with an option to buy [15]
90 MF The Gambia Ebrima Colley Italy Spezia Loan 7 August 2021 Loan with an option to buy [16]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

16 July 2021 Friendly Atalanta Italy 13–0 Italy Albinogandino Ciserano, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Colley Goal 13', 23', 24', 31'
  • Iličić Goal 16', 29'
  • Miranchuk Goal 45' (pen.)
  • Capone Goal 63'
  • Piccoli Goal 64', 74', 81', 84'
  • Mallamo Goal 72'
 Report Stadium: Centro Sportivo Bortolotti
Attendance: 0
Referee: Giorgio Bozzetto
18 July 2021 Friendly Atalanta Italy 1–1 Israel Maccabi Bnei Raina Ciserano, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Colley Goal 88'
 Report
  • Goal 29'
 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Bortolotti
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Minelli
31 July 2021 Friendly Atalanta Italy 2–1 Italy Pordenone Bergamo, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Matteo Marcenaro
7 August 2021 Betway Cup West Ham United England 2–0 Italy Atalanta London, England
15:00 BST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: London Stadium
Referee: Stuart Attwell
11 August 2021 Friendly Atalanta Italy 7–1 Italy Alessandria Bergamo, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Referee: Simone Sozza
14 August 2021 Friendly Juventus Italy 3–1 Italy Atalanta Turin, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Dybala Goal 8'
  • Bernardeschi Goal 39'
  • Morata Goal 90+3'
 Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Rosario Abisso

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 21 August 2021 May 2022 Matchday 1 19 11 5 3 38 24 +14 057.89
Coppa Italia 12 January 2022 Round of 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Champions League 14 September 2021 9 December 2021 Group stage Group stage 6 1 3 2 12 13 −1 016.67
Europa League 17 February 2022 Knockout round play-offs 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 25 12 8 5 50 37 +13 048.00

Last updated: 21 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Serie A[]

Main article: 2021–22 Serie A

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Milan 19 13 3 3 40 22 +18 42 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3 Napoli 19 12 3 4 35 14 +21 39
4 Atalanta 19 11 5 3 38 24 +14 38
5 Juventus 19 10 4 5 27 17 +10 34 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6 Roma 19 10 2 7 31 21 +10 32 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2021. Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
19 11 5 3 38 24  +14 38 3 3 3 18 15  +3 8 2 0 20 9  +11

Last updated: 21 December 2021.
Source: Serie A

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultWDLWWDLWDWDWWWWWWLD
Position79107578655544444344
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2021. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.[17] This is the first season with an asymmetrical calendar, i.e., the order of fixtures in the second half of the season (ritorno) is different from the that of the first half (andata).[18]

21 August 2021 1 Torino 1–2 Atalanta Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Muriel Goal 6'
  • Demiral Yellow card 23'
  • Musso Yellow card 82'
  • Piccoli Goal 90+3'
 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Attendance: 3,475
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
28 August 2021 2 Atalanta 0–0 Bologna Bergamo
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 7,912
Referee: Daniele Orsato
11 September 2021 3 Atalanta 1–2 Fiorentina Bergamo
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 9,162
Referee: Valerio Marini
18 September 2021 4 Salernitana 0–1 Atalanta Salerno
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 11,949
Referee: Paolo Valeri
21 September 2021 5 Atalanta 2–1 Sassuolo Bergamo
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 7,353
Referee: Davide Massa
25 September 2021 6 Internazionale 2–2 Atalanta Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 36,517
Referee: Fabio Maresca
3 October 2021 7 Atalanta 2–3 Milan Bergamo
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Referee: Marco Di Bello
17 October 2021 8 Empoli 1–4 Atalanta Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Referee: Marco Serra
24 October 2021 9 Atalanta 1–1 Udinese Bergamo
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Referee: Livio Marinelli
27 October 2021 10 Sampdoria 1–3 Atalanta Genoa
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Alessandro Prontera
30 October 2021 11 Atalanta 2–2 Lazio Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Referee: Marco Guida
6 November 2021 12 Cagliari 1–2 Atalanta Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Referee: Marco Piccinini
20 November 2021 13 Atalanta 5–2 Spezia Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Referee: Rosario Abisso
27 November 2021 14 Juventus 0–1 Atalanta Turin
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
  • Cuadrado Yellow card 50'
  • Rabiot Yellow card 66'
  • Bernardeschi Yellow card 79'
  • Locatelli Yellow card 88'
 Report
Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
30 November 2021 15 Atalanta 4–0 Venezia Bergamo
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Referee: Alberto Santoro
4 December 2021 16 Napoli 2–3 Atalanta Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
12 December 2021 17 Hellas Verona 1–2 Atalanta Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
  • Simeone Goal 22'
 Report
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi
18 December 2021 18 Atalanta 1–4 Roma Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati
21 December 2021 19 Genoa 0–0 Atalanta Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
  • Sturaro Yellow card 19'
  • Badelj Yellow card 41'
 Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Paolo Valeri
6 January 2022 20 Atalanta v Torino Bergamo
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Gewiss Stadium

Coppa Italia[]

Main article: 2021–22 Coppa Italia
12 January 2022 Round of 16 Atalanta v Venezia Bergamo
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Gewiss Stadium

UEFA Champions League[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League

Group stage[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group F

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.[19]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MUN VIL ATA YB
1 England Manchester United 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 3–2 1–1
2 Spain Villarreal 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10 0–2 — 2–2 2–0
3 Italy Atalanta 6 1 3 2 12 13 −1 6 Transfer to Europa League 2–2 2–3 — 1–0
4 Switzerland Young Boys 6 1 2 3 7 12 −5 5 2–1 1–4 3–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
14 September 2021 1 Villarreal Spain 2–2 Italy Atalanta Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica
Attendance: 12,916
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
29 September 2021 2 Atalanta Italy 1–0 Switzerland Young Boys Bergamo, Italy
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Sierro Yellow card 65'
 Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 8,536
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
20 October 2021 3 Manchester United England 3–2 Italy Atalanta Manchester, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 72,279
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
2 November 2021 4 Atalanta Italy 2–2 England Manchester United Bergamo, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 14,443
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
23 November 2021 5 Young Boys Switzerland 3–3 Italy Atalanta Bern, Switzerland
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
  • Garcia Yellow card 22'
  • Pefok Goal 39'
  • Ngamaleu Yellow card 44'
  • Hefti Yellow card 66', Goal 84'
  • Sierro Goal 80'
 Report
Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
9 December 2021 6 Atalanta Italy 2–3 Spain Villarreal Bergamo, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 11,690
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 8 December 2021, 21:00 CET, was postponed to the following day, 19:00 CET, due to adverse weather conditions.

UEFA Europa League[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
Knockout round play-offs[]

The knockout round play-offs draw was held on 13 December 2021.[20]

17 February 2022 First leg Atalanta Italy v Greece Olympiacos Bergamo, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
24 February 2022 Second leg Olympiacos Greece v Italy Atalanta Piraeus, Greece
18:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia Champions League Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Argentina ARG Juan Musso 23 0 17 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
31 GK Italy ITA Francesco Rossi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
57 GK Italy ITA Marco Sportiello 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Italy ITA Rafael Toloi 16 1 11+1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0
3 DF Denmark DEN Joakim Mæhle 20 0 12+3 0 0 0 4+1 0 0 0
6 DF Argentina ARG José Luis Palomino 22 1 15+2 0 0 0 5 1 0 0
8 DF Germany GER Robin Gosens 8 2 5+1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
13 DF Italy ITA Giuseppe Pezzella 14 0 4+7 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0
19 DF Albania ALB Berat Djimsiti 19 0 11+3 0 0 0 2+3 0 0 0
28 DF Turkey TUR Merih Demiral 19 2 13 1 0 0 5+1 1 0 0
33 DF Netherlands NED Hans Hateboer 6 0 3+2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
42 DF Italy ITA Giorgio Scalvini 5 0 0+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
66 DF Italy ITA Matteo Lovato 7 0 3+3 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
77 DF Italy ITA Davide Zappacosta 23 1 14+3 1 0 0 5+1 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF Netherlands NED Teun Koopmeiners 19 2 9+5 2 0 0 2+3 0 0 0
11 MF Switzerland  SUI Remo Freuler 20 2 13+1 1 0 0 6 1 0 0
15 MF Netherlands NED Marten de Roon 21 1 13+2 1 0 0 6 0 0 0
18 MF Ukraine UKR Ruslan Malinovskyi 22 5 12+5 4 0 0 3+2 1 0 0
32 MF Italy ITA Matteo Pessina 16 1 8+4 0 0 0 3+1 1 0 0
44 MF Italy ITA [note 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF Italy ITA [note 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
59 MF Russia RUS Aleksei Miranchuk 12 1 4+6 1 0 0 0+2 0 0 0
88 MF Croatia CRO Mario Pašalić 24 8 13+6 7 0 0 3+2 1 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Colombia COL Luis Muriel 17 3 5+7 2 0 0 1+4 1 0 0
72 FW Slovenia SVN Josip Iličić 22 4 8+10 3 0 0 3+1 1 0 0
91 FW Colombia COL Duván Zapata 22 12 14+2 9 0 0 5+1 3 0 0
99 FW Italy ITA Roberto Piccoli 10 1 0+10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
4 DF Croatia CRO Boško Šutalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Netherlands NED Sam Lammers 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Italy ITA Enrico Del Prato 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60 MF Italy ITA Jacopo Da Riva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 21 December 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[]

As of 21 December 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia Champions League Europa League Total
1 91 FW Colombia Duván Zapata 9 0 3 0 12
2 88 MF Croatia Mario Pašalić 7 0 1 0 8
3 18 MF Ukraine Ruslan Malinovskyi 4 0 1 0 5
4 72 FW Slovenia Josip Iličić 3 0 1 0 4
5 9 FW Colombia Luis Muriel 2 0 1 0 3
6 7 MF Netherlands Teun Koopmeiners 2 0 0 0 2
8 DF Germany Robin Gosens 1 0 1 0 2
11 MF Switzerland Remo Freuler 1 0 1 0 2
28 DF Turkey Merih Demiral 1 0 1 0 2
10 2 DF Italy Rafael Toloi 1 0 0 0 1
6 DF Argentina José Luis Palomino 0 0 1 0 1
15 MF Netherlands Marten de Roon 1 0 0 0 1
32 MF Italy Matteo Pessina 0 0 1 0 1
59 MF Russia Aleksei Miranchuk 1 0 0 0 1
77 DF Italy Davide Zappacosta 1 0 0 0 1
99 FW Italy Roberto Piccoli 1 0 0 0 1
Own goal 3 0 0 0 3
Totals 38 0 12 0 50

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Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Aggregated to the first team from the Primavera (youth) team
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